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Originally posted by Rokenn:
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Originally posted by Cloudbringer:
Actually, TL, I think it's because Christians are the 'whipping post' of the moment.
I've seen where it's ok to teach kids about Islam, budhism, wicca or paganism or any number of 'diversity' courses in schools now, but if you MENTION Christianity (even historically),in many places you end up with parents screaming about religion in government..I don't begin to pretend to understand it, myself.
I'd have to guess it's a trend- things go in cycles most of the time.
In the meantime...stop trying to make me into a follower of Greek religions...I saw that statue on the green.... [img]graemlins/whipitgood.gif[/img]
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Spare me the tales of persecuted Christians, they are the dominant religious group in the US. They Christian right is constantly trying to push it's moral views on the rest of us via any means available from high pressure lobbying to running stealth canidates for local school boards. They are the ones who are constantly pushing for the teaching of creationism in public schools. For the outlawing of a woman's right to choose. Fighting tooth and nail against any kind of legal rights for same-sex couples.
In current society it is almost a requirement that you state your belief in God to be elected to any office. [/QUOTE]And spare me the tales of the persecuted NON Christains, who have forced their views on people, from teaching of evolution, and other religeons in the puplic schools to the onesided view of it's a female's body but the male which HAS TO CONTRIBUTE 1/2 of the genes has no say in the matter, But he sure as "Hale" IS HOT can be forced to pay for the child even if he doesn't want it. And females wonder why males aren't wanting to commit to a serious realtionship.
As for getting elected because somebody professes belief in God, big WOOOPTY DOO! That's life in a Constituional Representative Rebulic. Instead of spending time piss'n moun'n, why don't non beleivers go out and impress upon their fellow non beleivers the importance of voting in a Constituional Represenative Republic?
[ 07-02-2003, 10:45 PM: Message edited by: John D Harris ]